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I'm not sure if I'd rather like a closed or open beta. I remember being really excited with the open beta of the first one.. It was a good way to anticipate the game even more because you could talk with your friends while playing like "oh look at this, looks fantastic!" and all that. Bugs didn't matter much tbh, you were just happy you could finaly give the game a shot. I guess a closed beta would frustrate some people but I'd understand why it would be closed since the content is huge...

Thanks for the sound! I wasn't sure at first, youtube videos sometimes don't sound too good. Anyway, went back on TDU yesterday and this is one of the best souns ever, the rumble is insane!!

Guys I don't mean to be picky and it's always nice to get some new screenshots but...i'm sorry the screenshots are really nothing exceptional to me. Loads of Aliasing and bulky environment textures, that's what I see. To me these look like taken from TDU1 on a PC not capable of maxing the game out. So I pray that these come from a console version or from a PC version set on low settings, otherwise it would be a real disappointment (I'd still get the game obviously).

God I hope the trailer lasts for more than a minute, knowing that 30 seconds of a trailer are usually taken up by PEGI +18 and brand presentations that nobody cares about...

the french admin from tdu2.fr (Fabien) says he has a surprise for friday...no idea if he's talking about last friday or if he's even talking about the trailer though (someone posted that on another forum and I can't find Fabien's statement)

They didn't release any news as of yet, I signed up too as soon as the website was up. But I thought it was worth mentioning they are planning on beta testing :)

Guys, not sure everyone has noticed (I just saw this), but in the FAQ on the website they state this: Q: When will the beta testing for Test Drive Unlimited 2 begin? A: The beta schedule has not been slated at this time. Sign up for our newsletter to get the latest news on when beta information is released. This is probably "old" news to some but still worth mentioning...

Same here :p

Yeah was wondering the same lol

With all the info we were given (I mean, O'ahu + Ibiza) I'm starting to fear this game is just too good to be true...it's like this EPIC game for any car lover...I sooooo hope it won't disappoint...hence why I'd really like for this trailer to show up this week and not in 2 months :p

Dude, you must realize that this was insider gossip, nothing official. That lee guy doesn't even work for Atari but for Bandai. Also, if he wouldn't have said anything, we wouldn't even know a trailer is coming. The trailer isn't actually late at all...

Guys, very shortly obviously doesn't mean 3 months, that would make absolutely no sense whatsoever. So either he's lying to see what kind of hype there is about TDU2 (I doubt it but why not after all) or he's talking about something else. Or he's been definitely "Atarized" seeing as how they were completely off with dates regarding TDU 1 (remember the big car pack? Took them over a year...not to mention the release of the game for PC itself). I don't know...would seem weird to me to get the very first trailer for a game just 4 months from its release. Most game publishers often publish trailers more than a year before a game is supposed to be released. I get the feeling that this Lee guy misunderstood the question and was talking about that "Demon Soul" game or something :)

I meant average in terms of performance. I for one have never seen an SSR in Europe lol

It's always fun to drive the car you own So a 2008 Punto Abarth would be more than kewl :D But I doubt we'll get too many "average" cars. The only average car (as far as i remember) was that weird looking chevy pickup in TDU1, never used it...

The guy wrote this on his Twitter page "Exciting announcement to make tomorrow in the European world of gaming..." Wonder if it's TDU2...or is he just talking about that Demon Soul thingy that nobody cares about :p?

Personnaly I'm not too scared about the size of the map. I've been playing just cause 2 for a few days now, the map is 1000km^2 wide and it's pretty huge...even if Ibiza is only 500Km^2 or so. Also like someone else mentioned, we can now go offroad too so there's a lot more to do than in TDU 1. I have faith in Eden, I'm sure they wont disappoint. Also who knows, maybe they'll work on big-time add-ons with new islands like other mmorpgs.

Honnestly making TDU2 pay-to-go-online would make me reconsider buying it and many people I know as well. I'm ok with a company making loads of money with a game, but I never liked the idea to pay for online gaming. They can justify it all they want, I understand that paying for it may also mean better customer service, but I already pay 50$/month for internet access and that is enough for me. Basically this is the reason why I played Guild Wars and not WoW (although I played a few hours only, not really my kind of game) and why I don't pay for xbox live. In fact, any game that asks me to pay for online play is a game I won't even bother looking at. And I guess that even if TDU2 was an anticipated game, they wouldn't risk it...*fingers crossed*

From what we could read in the internship Diablo posted a while ago in another TDU 2 topic, the story was something along the lines of your character looses everything and is "stranded" on a small island. He then needs to prove his skill again to go to the main island or something like that. I remember the report saying something about 2 islands, but definitely not Ohau, it's supposed to be a smaller one. Anyway, as always it's speculation based on some foggy info that could be true or false...

Exactly. TDU1 aged very well, still looks good today if you play with full details, max resolution and AA on. I mean look at the screenshots Tool always makes with his mods, looks amazing. Personally I've seen too many games that tried too hard with the graphics and felt kind of empty. Crysis for example was a bit of a disappointment to me...

http://www.vgreleases.com/pc/ReleaseDates/All-11-2010.aspx?OrderBy=sortdate This site which lists all the release dates says TDU2 is out for the 30th November. No idea what the colors mean (red, yellow, green) and no idea if this is serious. Perhaps red means something like "unsure".

The most important part is they get done what needs to be. I don't want another TDU with missing stuff, like cars and references to features in the files that were not used by the game. Hell the worst part was the digital dashboards not working...kinda kills the vibe... So Atari, Eden, take your time to bring us a better TDU and a car game like we all want (enough of NFS and other circuit racing games)!

Oh ok, didn't know the details! Nevertheless, this is the kind of thing they should have settled long before launching the game. I guess that's a problem with studios having to ship out games quicker and quicker to meet the demand. I still enjoyed the game like hell and thank god for mods but all in all the whole thing was a bit fishy to say the least. I hope they make finding friends a bit better because roaming around for half an hour to finally have your buddy pop-up was a pain lol.

Well let's just hope they "care" a bit more about their players this time. With TDU 1 it was a real pain, I mean, one patch and it took them about a year to deliver that big car pack for PC players. Even xbox players didn't get all the promised cars as far as I can remember. I think that considering the number of people who have enjoyed playing TDU through the years (and not many games can brag about having such a long lasting life), they deserve a little more care-taking for being so faithful to this game franchise:), mainly with infos and such.

I don't know if it has been discussed already but: "and share their achievements and creations online" To me this implies some sort of customization, Maybe decals, maybe parts... What do you think?

Just checked Eden's website, they got a lot of internship proposals for 2010 with stuff like "Develop an algorithm for road expansions" and stuff about working on an "MMO". I believe TDU 2 is still on somewhere, just hope we get some official bones to chew on soon :)